YABOR: I Work Alla Time

Musicians' Czar James Caesar Petrillo had
already waltzed his way through wage raises from the movie magnates and
hotelmen. Last week it was the turn of the record companies to feed
the kitty.

Into a sparsely furnished room of Chicago's Palmer House filed
apprehensive representatives from RCA Victor, Decca, Columbia and the
other major record-makers. "Boys," greeted host Petrillo, "each year we
just sign. This time we're going to negotiate."

While the recordmakers and Petrillo bargained heatedly, waiters ducked
in with cooling trayloads of beer. During a break, reporters asked the
Czar how he was doing. Shrugged he: "Aw, you know how it...